Due to lower water levels, PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company is closing navigation on the Middle Danube. Currently, caravans are moving with a minimum load (1,000 tons instead of 1,500 tons per barge).
Dniprovagonmash, a member of the TAS financial and industrial group, has shipped the first MultiBOX modular structures intended for use on EU railways as part of the TransANT innovation project.
For the first time in a history, Interpipe Niko Tube has shipped a 850 tonne consignment of casing and tubing with premium UPJ-M threaded connection to Iraq.
Rīgas Universālais Termināls (Riga Universal Terminal, RUT) has received and unloaded the first container train with Ukrainian agricultural products delivered to the Freeport of Riga by SIA LDZ Cargo, a subsidiary of VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš.
Within the memorandum of understanding signed in September 2023, Ukrzaliznytsia, the Austrian railway company Rail Cargo Austria and the German wagon operator VTG successfully carried out a test intermodal flight, transporting semi-trailers on the Kyiv-Budapest route.
Approximately 3,300 wagons with grain were found waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on October 12. Taking into account that approximately 417 wagons per day are accepted at the stations, it will take about 8 days to serve all the wagons currently standing in the railway network waiting for unloading at port terminals.
Almost 504,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started October 1 and ended October 11 compared with 1.07 million t during entire September.
The cargo turnover surged by 30% month-on-month at the Freeport of Riga in September compared with August.
Negative sentiment dominates virtually all the freight sections of the small-tonnage market in early October. Similar to the last few weeks, the Black Sea market remains the most attractive for ship owners
From July to September, LTG Cargo Ukraine (a subsidiary of Lietuvos geležinkeliai (LTG Cargo)) transported 128 different wagons between Ukraine and Lithuania. In particular, the transportation of goods in grain hoppers involved cooperation between operators from Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania – Ukrzaliznytsia, PKP Cargo, PKP LHS, and LTG Cargo.